Japanese Black
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk: 71 |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Distribution | Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū regions |
| Use | meat |
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| Coat | black |
| Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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The Japanese Black (Japanese: 黒毛和種, Kuroge Washu) is a Japanese breed of beef cattle. It is one of six native Japanese cattle breeds, and one of the four Japanese breeds known as wagyū, the others being the Japanese Brown, the Japanese Polled and the Japanese Shorthorn.: 420 All wagyū cattle derive from cross-breeding in the early twentieth century of native Japanese cattle with imported stock, mostly from Europe.: 5 In the case of the Japanese Black, the foreign influence was from European breeds including Braunvieh, Shorthorn, Devon, Simmental, Ayrshire and Holstein.